https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/give_a_rip/"I would like to learn how to write. Could you tell me how to grow, or is it unconveyed, like melody or witchcraft." - Emily Dickinson. Help, links and ideas for new and seasoned writers of Science Fiction and Fantasy.hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/give_a_rip/485002The following story is dedicated to all those male Sci-fi writers out there who think "Studly earthman meets gorgeous, horny alien woman" is a decent plot. A Speck in the Universe Freshmen are notorious for chasing alien pussy and I was no exception. Everyone who knew me - my netschool teacher,...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/give_a_rip/479713I've just sold a short story (my third, actually, but with a long dry spell between the first two and this) and I'm thrilled. Soon I will be in print across the vast continent of Australia in a magazine called Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine. But before that happens comes "the edit". This...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/give_a_rip/465391So we all know that writing is magical and doubly so for the writing of Science Fiction and Fantasy. However, after all the meteor showers and fairy uprisings have settled, after you have a story that you think is really good but you need an opinion other than your mother's, where do you go? Might...